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For more than three decades, Britain has led Europe in the adoption of antidiscrimination legislation. Ending Britain's historic openness to others would be a grave mistake, and would do nothing to address the threat of terrorism.

The transition in Nigeria from military misrule to its civilian replacement has posed challenges to all segments of Nigerian society, including the human rights advocacy community and civil society.

OSI's Chidi Odinkalu describes his encounter with Nigeria's State Security Service.

OSI executive director James Goldston urges the United Nations to push forward with the creation of an international court to address crimes against humanity during Khmer Rouge-era Cambodia.

In two cases currently on the docket, the European Court of Human Rights is being asked to give meaning to the fundamental principle of equality.

The European Court of Human Rights is hearing oral arguments in two of the most important cases in its history. The resulting judgments could establish clear ground rules to guide future policy toward Europe's increasingly numerous ethnic and...

OSI's Chidi Odinkalu argues that the atrocities being committed in the Darfur region of Sudan constitute, by legal definition, a genocide.

Open Society Justice Initiative senior legal officer provides eyewitness accounts of the government-sponsored genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Four major hurdles must be overcome for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia to achieve lasting impact from the upcoming Khmer Rouge trials, argues OSI executive director James Goldston.

The Khmer Rouge prosecutions to be carried out by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia could have far-reaching impact, says Open Society Justice Initiative executive director James Goldston.

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda became the first head of state to ask the newly formed International Criminal Court to investigate a case. The ICC must fulfill its promise to mete out impartial justice for the most serious crimes, even where,...

Three new reports from Sierra Leone, Ghana and Guinea Conakry paint a similar picture of the costs of excessive and unnecessary pretrial detention.

The conviction of Germain Katanga for war crimes is a welcome step forward. But when it comes to crimes like rape and sexual slavery, international tribunals like this one have done a poor job.

A French court ruling effectively prevents any judicial remedy for people who are singled out by police for stops based on their ethnic appearance.

The UK Supreme Court has said no individual should be made stateless by the government, even if they could in theory apply for another nationality elsewhere.

The Netherlands Supreme Court assigned liability for three deaths at Srebrenica to Dutch UN troops, in a ruling with implications for the immunity of UN-mandated peacekeepers.

An administrative court in Berlin will rule on a complaint from three young German students, alleging discrimination on the basis of their “migrant” backgrounds.

Villagers in Margo Sari, a small village in Indonesia, are using the law to fight corruption and secure their future.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the right to freedom of assembly does not protect groups that promote racial hatred and negate democratic principles.

Across Europe, government responses to racially biased policing hovers between acceptance and denial. Now, in the face of an increasing body of research and community pushback, it seems some are getting the message.